Second Captains Part II

Claiming that she is bigger then Michael Jackson was is an outrageous claim.

She is massive. You might disagree but it isn't outrageous.

I'd maybe put her on Madonna's level but no way in hell is she near Michael Jackson. Were you around in his heyday? It was crazy. His music video releases were worldwide events. Also with the splintering of pop culture because of the Internet I don't think anybody can be as big as him. She's definitely bigger than Barbara Streisand.

It was like listening to some little wans celebrity show.

It’s always been very obvious that he is a Liverpool fan, it a just strange that he doesn’t admit to it on the podcast.

I don’t think it’s obvious at all. It’s pretty obvious he doesn’t like the oil money clubs but otherwise I wouldnt have known who he (allegedly) supports

All his references are Liverpool players or Liverpool games/incidents. And he gets obsessed with Liverpool players Nunez, Trent etc. he doesn’t talk about other teams like he does about Liverpool…. Also that time arsenal lost to city last minute when Liverpool were going for the title had him quite upset

Yep, it's this. He either follows Liverpool or is obsessed. Just listen how often he goes 'its like that time, do you remember, when Liverpool............' 80% of the time its a Liverpool reference.

Doesn't bother me, I'm a Liverpool fan.

The only one "obsessed" is you. You're just a bitter Man Utd fan who has been constantly moaning over the years here about any Liverpool or Man Utd comments Ken makes.

Once I became aware of his Liverpool fandom 5 or 6 years back it did seem pretty obvious going forward alright... it's just clearly the club he's most interested in, has the most knowledge of, uses the most for examples, has the most hyper-fixations with etc etc. I think it's good that he keeps himself officially neutral on the pod though, as soon as you start declaring your interest, it does color perception. I think he does a good job of being critical of Liverpool too when it's warranted (and actually often goes a little over the top, i think in a conscious or unconscious effort to show his neutrality).

Think you could've left it at "every VAR decision". Doesn't need the club specific.

I do get a kick out of a lot of the riled up nature of the discussions at times alright though. tbh there's very little about the SC coverage I've a problem with - and pretty much nothing outside of rugby. Quite happy to just listen to the lads explore what interests them. That's the beauty of the thing.

I really enjoyed the rugby preview episode. Justin Marshall is a great guest, it seems like a bit of a coup for them to be able to get him

Every €1 invested in horse racing yields €35 in economic returns according to Horse Racing Ireland. While I don't agree with this stat, the government investing in Horse Racing makes sense. For every euro invested, more then €1 is returned to the economy.

Investing in Greyhound racing is the scandal here. It makes absolutely no sense. There is no €4000 subsidy per spectator in Youghal. It was a funny point but how thats calculated is silly.

Don't the horseracing figures include people working in bookies in their numbers?

Rather than just letting greyhound racing die, it should actively be killed off.

It's a fùcking disgrace in every way.

I listened to the soccer preview (or the rugby one, can't remember) since they tweeted, and they mentioned that the gangs all here Christmas show details will be announced next week.

The new episode with Richie will be a players chair with somebody.

Football fans could make a massive statement but probably won't. Just have a no bet day for a Saturday premier League day. We'd see fairly impressive lobby groups then.

I was watching Queens of the Stone Age at Glastonbury the other night (great stuff)

Was half expecting to hear 'yes, they asked for that' and 'what are you doing down here ya shoneen man'.